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4,848 votes
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Integrate with Windows 10 notification center
Use Windows 10 notification center for notifications
1,808 votesThis is still being worked upon. Though I don’t have any details I do know the devs are really digging into this one, so I hope to have more information in the near future to share with you all.
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Use built in notifications for macOS
Notifications built into the OS (which all apps I've seen use other than Outlook and now Teams) are more functional and allow for more user control. Most importantly, they honor Do Not Disturb settings, which is critical.
1,663 votesThis request is still actively being worked upon, but no new details are available.
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Sound is too low and other sound problems
VOLUME:
The sound is too low!! Most people don't think it's even on. Let us customize the sound level, please.
CUSTOMIZE SOUNDS:
Right now sounds are all or nothing. This is not good. For example, you may want to have sound for Calls but not for chat or messages. There is a difference when you need to hear that someone is calling you – versus getting the constant bing/bing/bing on message chat.
In addition – on commercial skype you could actually set sound notification channel or chat by channel or chat. Some things you want the bing – others it…1,087 votesThis item is still under review. I’ll keep following up with the feature team and sharing all your feedback.
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Notifications are easily missed
The channel/team on which the notification has been made should stay more/better/longer visible so that you won't miss one. Slack is currently much better in that sense.
1,026 votesThis feature request is still being reviewed. The team is working hard to make numerous changes with regards to notifications, but they haven’t forgotten about this item.
I hope to have more details soon.
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Follow and unfollow conversation thread
Hi,
This idea is not new. Currently we have a lot of unnecessary notifications and i believe we need flexible options to either get rid of them or setup banner/alert. And we already got "Follow channel" option in the latest update:
https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/16925461-allow-different-notifications-options-on-teams-andI think we should go forward and improve conversation/thread notifications.It's very annoying when you replied to the conversation and then it becomes spamming. You have no option to unfollow this conversation and keep receiving notifications. From the other hand, there are conversations where you either not mentioned directly by @ tag or not replied yet but want to…
884 votesThe feature team is still working away on this feature request. No new updates at this time.
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Add team wide reminders
We have weekly bot reminders currently on Slack and that would be a big advantage to getting our whole team moved over.
For example:
- Tuesdays at noon: Reminder - team meeting in 30 minutes
- Last Friday of month: Finish submitting hours
- etc....724 votesThis feature is under review by the feature team. No new feedback at this time.
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Mute a channel - (Mute Chat is complete)
I'd love to keep groups/channels in my list, but mute a channel so I don't get those. I get notified whenever some tags a channel eg @General, it's super distracting!
Also would like the possibility to mute a group chat, so no sound or mobile notification should be received for a user that chooses to mute some group chat.
711 votesMute a channel is still being worked upon. The team is still hard at work on this item. No updates at this time.
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Make "Follow this channel" the default setting.
Usual Microsoft lack of UI intuition.
Channels should be followed by default with the user unfollowing it if they wish.599 votesThis item is still being reviewed and pending a decision. No new details at this time.
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Persistent notification
I'm using Mac and one annoying thing is that I'm not getting notified of new messages in team channels (whether I'm mentioned or not) because I missed the banner in the top right of the screen, either from being away from my desk or focusing on my second screen. The red icon is added to the actual application icon in the dock menu when I get a direct chat but there should be something here to indicate that team chats have new messages
510 votesThis item is still under consideration by the feature team.
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Separate speakers for Notification Audio vs Call Audio (Desktop)
When headphones are always plugged in, it is easy to miss a notification. An option to specify different speakers for Call Audio vs Notification Audio would be awesome. Similar to Skype.
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Include notifications based on keywords.
We need to get notifications based on keywords. For example: I am a subject matter expert for SAP and I like to know when SAP is typed into a channel so I can offer assistance.
373 votesDue to a priority shift we need to move this one onto the backlog again.
I’ll keep you posted once we can pick up the forward momentum again.
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Browser/OS independent desktop notifications using HTML5
Not sure about the desktop clients because there isn't one available for my operating system. However, the web app is essentially unfit for purpose because I can't tell when anyone is trying to contact me unless I sit there, constantly staring at the app.
322 votesThis is still being worked upon and making good progress! Stay tuned for additional updates.
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Multiple Notifications Bugs
Hello,
We have been testing Microsoft Teams for almost a week now, while we love the product; however, it is proving to be counter productive when it stops sending notifications, we are using alternative means to notify each other to check messages on MS Teams.
What we noticed for example is that if discussions continue in a thread for over a day, no new notifications whatsoever are being triggered. In some occasions, even though we have an ongoing discussion, notifications stop, but only work if you tag the other person, but again, this is not a new thread, so it…
276 votesI’m going to close this thread out with a Thank you!
The requests in this topic and many in the comments already exist in other UV items. Here is a list of some of the big ones which can be up-voted and commented upon in their respective threads.Allow different notification options on Teams and Channels – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/16925461
Integrate with Windows notification center (native notifications) – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/16950997
Use built in notifications for macOS (native notifications) – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/16941685
Notifications are easily missed – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/18161440
Add Team wide reminders – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/17062255
Sound is too low and other sounds problems – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/18931243
Follow and unfollow conversation thread – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/18711997
Browser/OS independent desktop notifications using HTML5 – http://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103/suggestions/18671746
Please up-vote the appropriate topics you support.
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Ability to Mute a Conversation Thread
Please allow the ability for individual users to mute replies to a thread they have participated in. Allow this to be a toggle located under the three dot menu or an additional hover button.
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Create alias mention groups, or mention DLs like @here (Slack has this)
Can we @mention everyone in the team at once (group) instead of using @ for every single name?
Also, can we use a different first name than the system because people goes by different name?
It will help if we can copy and paste the @ mention for new conversation.Basically, I'm looking to be able to create an "@" alias for different groups of people within a team.
Use Case:
We have a team with 3 designers, 2 mobile devs, 2 strategists, and 2 web devs. It would be nice to have the ability to set up tags like…176 votes -
Visual notification in systray of unread message (for both Mac and PC)
When there is an unread message, it would be *very* helpful if the systray icon could have a visual indicator that something is unread.
163 votesWe have this!
The system tray icon will show a red dot when new activity has occurred.
When you see a red dot on the System tray icon and then mouse over the icon, a tooltip will display summarizing if you have a new chat or mention.-Warren
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Notifications for teams
I'm not receiving any notifications from teams.
Each time I select anything in notification settings the selected setting disappears...148 votesPlease add to the comments if you are experiencing this. I would like to know the OS and device you are using as well.
I’ll bring this feedback to the feature team and help get this investigated.
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Important Message Notification
Currently, there does not seem to be any notification on any platform when a message in a Team/Channel is marked Important. Please put an option to be notified for important messages, even if you aren't actually mentioned in the post.
114 votesThis item is still under review by the feature team. I hope to have a decision soon to share with you.
-Warren
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Turn off message preview in notification toast
Currently, when I receive a message, a preview of this message is displayed in the notification toast. As we will be using Teams at work, it would be great for privacy if I had the option to turn off these previews, so the notification toast will just say "New Message from XY"
108 votes
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